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into various parts of England fince'he re- 
cites plants coUeded by him on Salijbury 
Plain ; and, if I miftake not, he made an 
excurfion into the IJle of Man. 
I conjedure that he furvived Mr. Rat 
feveral years : but he was not living at the 
publication of the third edition oi the >Sy- 
nopjls Stirpiumy although he left papers, of 
which DiLLBNius availed himfelf on that 
occafion. 
DR. ROBINSON, 
At this period niuft alfo be introduced 
Dr. Tancred Robinson, phyfician, 
in London, and fellow of the Royal Col- 
lege of Phylicians, and of the Royal So- 
ciety, between whom and Mr, Ray there 
fubfifted the moft genuine friendihip and 
affedlion. Amicorum Alpha is the diftinc - 
tion which Ray gives him. The printed 
corrrefpondence between them commences 
during Dr. Robinson's travels abroad, iii 
1683, and is continued for upwards of ten 
years. Seventeen letters of Dr, Robin-.^ 
SON appear in the Philofophical Corre- 
fpondence/' with all Mr. Ray's anfwers. 
They 
